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Yi-Ling Liu

@yilingliu95
7 posts
2025-10-13
I wrote for @restofworld about China's chatbot therapists — why young people are turning to AI for mental health care & the risks of sycophancy. 👉 https://restofworld.org/...
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Rest of World

Young people in China are turning to AI chatbots like DeepSeek and ByteDance's Doubao for therapy to save time and money and avoid stigma around mental health

why young people are turning to AI for mental health care & the risks of sycophancy. 👉 https://restofworld.org/... Bluesky: @vegandroid : We get ostracized for this in America [emb...

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2023-09-16
China's AI boom depends on an army of exploited student interns https://restofworld.org/... As part of China's digital underclass, vocational school students work as data annotators - for low pay & poor prospects. @violazhouyi & @CaiweiC 's latest investigation for @restofworld
2023-09-16 View on X
Rest of World

How some Chinese data labeling companies hired by Baidu, Alibaba, and JD.com to train AI are exploiting vocational school students via data labeling internships

the exploitation of cheap labour in the AI industry; often underpaid and overlooked critical roles 1/2 https://restofworld.org/... Viola Zhou / @violazhouyi : Tech companies like B...

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2023-06-22
Exiled from the Chinese internet, online communities find a new home on Reddit Read @CaiweiC's first piece as a China reporter for @restofworld: https://restofworld.org/...
2023-06-22 View on X
Rest of World

How Chinese language subreddits like r/China_irl became a refuge for banned Chinese internet groups, as VPN users jump the Great Firewall to speak more freely

Caiwei Chen / Rest of World : Twitter: @yilingliu95 , @caiweic , @blackamazon , and @jordanschnyc Twitter: Yi-Ling Liu / @yilingliu95 : Exiled from the Chinese internet, online co...

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2023-04-28
Tired of easy refunds, China's online sellers are suing and doxxing buyers. A dog food seller known as “lawsuit bro” has emerged as their unlikely hero - finding creative ways to push back. @violazhouyi's fascinating glimpse for @restofworld https://restofworld.org/...
2023-04-28 View on X
Rest of World

A profile of Liu Xiaoping, a dog food seller on Pinduoduo who coaches Chinese merchants on using legal action to fight Pinduoduo's refund-without-return policy

helping them fight back against the platform's unfair refund policies through legal action Great reporting by @violazhouyi: https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld : Merchants are...

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2020-09-10
“We're playing boundary ball” — a common phrase in China that means getting as close to the bounds of what is permissible w/out crossing the line. But when does the personal become political, the archive become alternative history, and preservation become an act of resistance? https://twitter.com/...
2020-09-10 View on X
Wired

To evade government censorship, Chinese internet users have repurposed GitHub as a COVID-19 archive for news articles, medical journals, and personal accounts

As coronavirus news was increasingly trapped behind the Great Firewall, the programming platform became a refuge from censorship. Tweets: @longreads , @weileizeng1992 , @wired , @y...

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In China, GitHub became a free-speech zone for Covid information. But it may not last long. I wrote for @WIRED about open-source code, the Great Firewall, the end of the free & open internet as well know it. Oh, and cute cats. https://wired.com/...
2020-09-10 View on X
Wired

To evade government censorship, Chinese internet users have repurposed GitHub as a COVID-19 archive for news articles, medical journals, and personal accounts

As coronavirus news was increasingly trapped behind the Great Firewall, the programming platform became a refuge from censorship. Tweets: @longreads , @weileizeng1992 , @wired , @y...

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2020-03-08
I wrote for the @NYTmag about the Chinese company Blued, one of the largest gay social networking apps in the world, the rise of the Chinese internet economy, and the challenges and limitations faced by China's LGBT movement. @nyu_journalism https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-03-08 View on X
New York Times

Profile of China-based Blued, one of the largest gay dating apps in the world, which has succeeded by navigating complex rules while staying clear of activism

Blued, one of the biggest gay dating apps in the world, has succeeded because it plays by the ever-shifting rules for L.G.B.T.Q. China … Tweets: @chengela , @yilingliu95 , @anne_ma...

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